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4 unusual facts about All-Ireland Senior Football Championship


All-Ireland Senior Football Championship

The second Championship was unfinished owing to the American Invasion Tour.

The first Championship to be held featured club teams who represented their respective counties after their county championship.

The 1903 Championship brought Kerry's first All-Ireland title.

Ulster Bank

Ulster Bank announced official sponsorship of the GAA All-Ireland Senior Football Championship in April 2008.


1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the first All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1887 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the seventh All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1894 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the thirteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1900 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1902 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1902 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fifteenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1902 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the seventeenth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1904 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1907 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1907 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the twentieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1907 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 22nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1909 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 23rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1910 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 24th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1911 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 25th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1912 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 28th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1915 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 37th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1924 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 45th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1932 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 49th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1936 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 53rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1940 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the sixtieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1947 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 64th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the seventieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1957 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 72nd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1959 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 75th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1962 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 78th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1965 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 84th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1971 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the ninetieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1977 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 94th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1981 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 99th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1986 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 100th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1987 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 103rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1990 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 105th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1992 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 110th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1997 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 112th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1999 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

2011 Leinster Senior Football Championship

The winning Dublin team received the Delaney Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

2011 Munster Senior Football Championship

The winning Kerry team received the Cuppy Cup, and automatically advanced to the quarter-final stage of the 2011 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Alan O'Connor

He made his senior debut in the 2008 championship.

Anthony Tohill

He was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also winning two Ulster Championships and four National League titles with the county.

Cian Ward

In the 2009 All-Ireland, he was the third highest top scorer after Donegal's Michael Murphy and Kerry's Colm Cooper.

Dermot O'Brien

O'Brien made his first appearance for the team during the 1952 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until a broke finger ended his career in 1960.

Derry GAA honours

Ballymaguigan's Jim McKeever won the inaugural award in 1958, while Henry Downey of the Lavey club received player of the year for his performances in helping Derry win the 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Double-elimination tournament

It is also used, in modified form, in the All-Ireland Senior Gaelic Football Championship and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship.

Enda Muldoon

He finished the 2006 campaign with 1-07 (10) from two matches.

He finished the 2001 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship with 2-10 (16) and the 2004 Championship with 3-24 (33).

Glossary of Gaelic games terms

For example, the 1908 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship saw Dublin beat Kerry in the home final, before becoming All-Ireland champions by beating London in the actual final, which was London's only game in that year's championship.

The All-Ireland can refer to an already mentioned All-Ireland championship; more generally it can refer to the All-Ireland Senior Football or Hurling Championship.

James McCartan, Senior

His son, James McCartan, Junior, won All-Ireland medals with Down in 1991 and 1994, he is also the current Down senior football team manager and led them to the 2010 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final.

Kieran McGeeney

He was a member of the Armagh senior football team from 1992 until 2007, captaining the county to the 2002 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, their first and only title.

Kieran McKeever

He is chiefly known as a footballer and was part of Derry's 1993 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship winning side, also won Ulster Senior Football Championships in 1993 and 1998.

Nicky Rackard

His granduncle had played with the famous Wexford football team that captured four All-Ireland titles in-a-row between 1915 and 1918.

Séamus Ó Braonáin

He played hurling and football with Keatings and won four All-Ireland Senior Football Championship medals with Dublin in 1902, 1906, 1907 and 1908, five Leinster medals, two Dublin championships and one Dublin senior league.

Tadhg Kennelly

Kennelly returned to his native Listowel to play in the 2009 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Tommy McGuigan

His older brother is three-time All-Ireland-winning Tyrone star, Brian McGuigan, and his father Frank is considered one of the legends of Tyrone football.


see also

1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the third All-Ireland Final and the culmination of the 1890 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 26th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1913 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 33rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1920 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1921 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1921 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 34th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1921 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1922 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1922 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 35th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1922 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 39th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1926 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the fortieth All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1927 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 59th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1946 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 63rd All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1950 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 74th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1961 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 77th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1964 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

Harry Beitzel, an Australian credited with pioneering the development of the composite rules sport International rules football, is said to have drawn inspiration from watching the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final on television, and in 1967 sent an Australian side – "The Galahs" – to play the game against an Irish side.

The 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 79th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1966 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 87th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1974 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 91st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1978 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 101st All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 108th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1995 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 1996 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 109th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 1988 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final

The 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final was the 120th All-Ireland Final and the deciding match of the 2007 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship, an inter-county Gaelic football tournament for the top teams in Ireland.

Ardara

Anthony Molloy, captained Donegal in their first ever All-Ireland Senior Football Championship title-winning season in 1992